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Dries Claes

@driesclaes

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I design high-level IT solutions that simplify complex business, infrastructure, and application challenges.

Belgium

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to simplify complex business and technology challenges, align stakeholders, and deliver high-value solutions across applications, infrastructure, security, and performance.

At equensWorldline, I design high-level solutions across business applications, systems, portfolios, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture. I address security, networking, data storage, performance, and robustness, including final signoff on critical application changes.

Previously at Worldline, I led solution teams to shape customer-focused value propositions and translate client needs into BELUX offers. I enjoy simplifying complex cases, aligning different parties, and turning challenges into practical solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

YwL Ambassador

Current

Worldline

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 8 months)

Organized up to 48 activities a year as a young Worldline ambassador.

Event Organization Leadership

CMO Business Consultant

Worldline

Apr 2020 - Sep 2020 (5 months)

Turned client needs and business opportunities into client-centric offers for the BELUX region by following and influencing the product roadmap and capturing client requirements.

Business Consulting Product Roadmap Client Requirements Client Centric Offers

Solution Manager

EquensWorldline

Jan 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Delivered best-fit solutions to answer customer needs, leading the solution team, defining scope, assuring delivery commitments, and delivering written value propositions.

Solution Management Team Leadership Project Scope Definition Value Proposition

Traineeship

Worldline

Sep 2018 - Jan 2019 (4 months)

Completed a traineeship at Worldline focusing on solution management and performance and robustness testing.

Solution Management Performance Testing Robustness Testing

CFO Theokot Vzw

Theokot Vzw

Jan 2013 - Jan 2018 (5 years)

Served as CFO for a nonprofit sandwich bar and meeting place for engineers in Leuven.

Financial Management Nonprofit Operations

VtK Board Member

VtK

Jan 2013 - Jan 2018 (5 years)

Served as a board member for a nonprofit aimed at giving engineering students the best student years and representing their interests university-wide.

Board Governance Student Advocacy